{"id":2122,"date":"2025-11-20T11:29:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T16:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/?p=2122"},"modified":"2025-11-20T11:29:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T16:29:22","slug":"artemis-ii-back-to-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/?p=2122","title":{"rendered":"Artemis II – Back to the Moon!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Artemis II will build on the success of Artemis I and stacking operations have begun in the Vertical Assembly Building (VAB) at The Kennedy Space Center. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artemis II will be the first crewed flight of the Space Launch System Rocket and will venture around the moon with a crew of four astronauts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below are some current images and information about Artemis II. Future updates will be provided as we get closer to a launch date now scheduled for April of 2026! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enjoy some photos below of Artemis II preparations and the meet the crew for the next flight of Artemis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meet the crew of Artemis II: Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, and mission specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and mission specialist Jeremy Hansen from the Canadian Space Agency. PHOTO courtesy of NASA.<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Artemis II Mission Patch<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The SLS Core Stage is loaded on to a barge at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans for the trip to The Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo courtesy of NASA. <\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Photo Above: Teams with NASA\u2019s Exploration Ground Systems Program lift the agency\u2019s SLS (Space Launch System) core stage for the Artemis II mission from horizonal to vertical inside the transfer aisle at the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. The one-of-a kind lifting beam is designed to move the core stage from the transfer aisle to High Bay 2 where it will remain while teams stack the two solid rocket boosters for the SLS core stage. PHOTO Credit and caption: NASA\/Adeline Morgan.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Artemis II Core Stage is lifted into High Bay 3 inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center. PHOTO Courtesy of NASA.<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Information of the photo above:<\/em><\/strong> Teams with NASA\u2019s Exploration Ground Systems integrate the SLS (Space Launch System) Moon rocket core stage with the solid rocket boosters onto mobile launcher 1 inside High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in March 2025. Artemis II is the first crewed test flight under NASA\u2019s Artemis campaign and is another step toward missions on the lunar surface and helping the agency prepare for future human missions to Mars. NASA\/Frank Michaux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Artemis II will build on the success of Artemis I and stacking operations have begun in the Vertical Assembly Building (VAB) at The Kennedy Space Center. Artemis II will be the first crewed flight of the Space Launch System Rocket …<\/p>\n

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